June
4, 2007
Celebrating
Father Jim
Does
your Marriage Need Help?
I’ve been invited to be the priest on the next Retrouvaille Weekend,
June 22nd-24th. What’s a Retrouvaille? It’s an excellent
weekend experience at a retreat house where couples who are experiencing
difficulties in their marriage can get away from all the distractions
of their life and focus on each other in a healthy, guided process that
restores good communication and helps people rediscover what’s
good about their relationship while giving them tools for better communication
in the future. This is something I highly recommend to couples who have
struggles in their marriage.
If you needed dental care, you’d go to a dentist. If you need
marital care, go to Retrouvaille, More info online at
www.retrouvaille.org. To register call (800) 470-2230. Questions? Call
or e-mail me.
Online
Masses
We are now going to be able to stream masses and other events live over
the internet to homebound folks and to relatives who live in other lands.
If you’re interested in this, in this, click
here.
Away
at College?
Are you or your child away at college? At St. Brigid’s we like
to stay in touch via occasional e-mails as we send photos and news from
“home”. College students wishing to be connected through
our “Letters from home” can sign up online here
or you can mail or
e-mail thecollege names and e-mail addresses to Father Ralph and he’ll
put them on the list.
e-mail Father Ralph:
Past Columns:
May 27: Praying in Tongues
May 20: Making (up) the
difference
May 13: Loving our Mothers
May 6: About Father George
April 29: Hearing Voices
April 22:Three Stones
April 15: What a week!
April 8: Alleluia! Alleluia!
April 1: Holy Week
March 25: Climate Change
March 18: Take A Step
March 11: Cold Enough for
You?
March 4:Stocking the Shelves
Feb 25: Basket Case
Feb18: Ashes and Desert
Dust
Feb11: Get Ready, Get Set,
REST!
Feb.4: Lent Lurking
Jan.28:Catholic Schools
Week
Jan.21:Crying in Church
Jan.14: Love ahead
Jan.7:
So How Was Your Christmas?
Columns
from 2005
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from 2004
Columns from
2003
Columns from 2002
On
June 1, 1957 (just nine days before my first birthday) Father Jim Hannon
and his classmates were ordained to the priesthood for the newly formed
diocese of Rockville Centre. For fifty years Father Jim has served the
people of our diocese in the parishes of St. Joseph’s, Kings Park;
Holy name of Jesus, Woodbury; Nassau University Medical Center; St. Ignatius,
Long Beach; the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood;
St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills; St. Jude’s, Mastic Beach; Sacred
Heart, Cutchogue; St. Anne’s, Brentwood; and upon retirement, St.
Brigid’s.
Now most people I know wouldn’t
think of “retiring” at such a busy parish as St. Brigid’s,
but Father Jim chose us as his home because he wanted an active retirement
and because of his love of language and (more importantly) his love of
the people who speak different languages. Since he’s been here,
Father Jim has become an active member of our parish family, celebrating
the sacraments, enlivening our dinner conversations, moderating the Legion
of Mary and becoming a chaplain to the Knights of Columbus.
Today he is celebrating a jubilee
mass at his former parish, St. Anne’s in Brentwood. But we do not
want his golden jubilee to pass here unnoticed. So, Father Jim will celebrate
another anniversary mass next Sunday, June 10th, at 11:30 am, followed
by a reception on St. Brigid’s Green. We invite parishioners to
bring “finger food” to share at the reception. If you can
bring something, please call Shannon at 338-2989 and leave a message as
to what you’ll be bringing. (Please call by Wednesday). All are
invited to celebrate the priesthood that Father Jim has lived this past
half-century. God bless you Father Jim!
